Ruth Gillmore
Ruth Gillmore | |
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 Ruth Gillmore | |
| Born | Ruth Emily Gillmore 26 October 1899 London, England, U.K. |
| Died | 12 February 1976 Nantucket, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Other names | Ruth Gillmore Sonino |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1918-1935 |
| Spouse(s) | Max Sonino (to her death) |
Ruth Emily Gillmore (26 October 1899 - 12 February 1976) was an English-born American stage actress.
Early years[]
Gillmore was the daughter of Frank Gillmore, former president of Actors' Equity,[1] and actress Laura MacGillivray[2] and the sister of actress Margalo Gillmore. Her great-aunt was the British actor-manager Sarah Thorne, and her great-uncles were the actors Thomas Thorne and George Thorne. She was a fourth-generation actor on her father's side,
Career[]
Gillmore's first professional appearance was as an unborn child in Maurice Maeterlinck's The Betrothal in New York City in 1918.[1] Her later theatrical appearances included Edie Upton in The Robbery (1921),[citation needed] Jeanne in The Nest (1922), The '49ers (1922),[3] No Sirree! (1922),[4] Gail Carlton in No More Frontiers (1931), and Mrs Howard in The Farmer Takes a Wife (1934-5).[5]
She married theatre producer Max Sonino in Florence in Italy. They met when he produced the 1931 play No More Frontiers, in which she had appeared.[6] Together they translated the Italian plays Finding Oneself (1933) by Luigi Pirandello,[7] and Giovacchino Forzano's Gutlibi and The Bells of San Lucio. Their daughter was Mildred Sonino.
Gillmore taught speech and drama at the Buckley School.[1]
Personal life and death[]
With her sister Margalo Gillmore she was a member of the Algonquin Round Table.
Gillmore died in Nantucket, Massachusetts, on February 12, 1976,[1] aged 76.
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d "Ruth Gillmore, Ex-Actress And a Teacher at Buckley". The New York Times. February 14, 1976. p. 28. Retrieved January 11, 2021 – via ProQuest.
- ^ "Mrs. Gillmore dies; a retired actress". The New York Times. October 22, 1959. p. 37. Retrieved January 11, 2021.
- ^ The '49ers (1922) on the Internet Broadway Database
- ^ Critics Are Actors to Actor Audiences; Present Burlesques on Modern Works to Broadway Theatre Folk' The New York Times 1 May 1922
- ^ Ruth Gillmore at the Internet Broadway Database
- ^ No More Frontiers (1931) on broadwayworld.com
- ^ Catalog of copyright entries, Part 1 By Library of Congress Copyright Office pg 104 Google Books
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